Coan Baptist Church
A well-articulated work of country Neoclassical architecture, the Coan Baptist Church was built in 1846 to serve the growing congregation of what was originally Wicomico Baptist Church, formed in 1804 […]
West Freemason Street Area Historic District
The compact neighborhood near the Elizabeth River that includes West Freemason, Bute, Duke, Botetourt, Dunmore, and Yarmouth streets was one of the first neighborhoods outside the colonial limits of Norfolk. […]
St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church
The completion of St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888 symbolized the beginning of a period of ascendancy for Norfolk’s African American congregations. The church was the first of […]
First Baptist Church
One of Norfolk’s major architectural landmarks, First Baptist is the mother church of the city’s African American Baptists. Norfolk’s Baptists organized in 1800 and included both Black and White congregants. […]
First Calvary Baptist Church
The religious zeal of Norfolk’s growing African American community at the turn of the 20th century was manifested in the prodigious churches erected by the various denominations. Conspicuous among these […]
Attucks Theatre
A landmark of African American popular culture, the Attucks Theatre is one of the country’s few remaining theaters to have been financed, designed, and built exclusively by Blacks. Located in […]
St. Mary’s Church
Dominated by its richly decorated spire, this gleaming stuccoed church is the state’s most elaborate expression of the Early Gothic Revival. Erected in 1858-59, it replaced an earlier church destroyed […]
J. Thomas Newsome House
This fanciful Queen Anne-style residence was the home of Joseph Thomas Newsome and his family. Newsome (1869-1942), was one of the city of Newport News’s most respected African American civic […]
Emmaus Baptist Church
The continuity of this Tidewater Baptist congregation is embodied in its country Greek Revival church, a plain but well-crafted expression of the dignity and moral authority of proven forms. The […]
South Franklin Street Historic District
South Franklin Street in the Montgomery County town of Christiansburg was platted in the 1790s and was gradually built up over the next century. Today the South Franklin Street Historic […]